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Hedge fund lobby the Managed Funds Association has elected a former assistant Treasury secretary and D.E. Shaw Group executive as its new chairman.

Alternative investments firm Crestline Investors is expanding into Canada with its acquisition of most of the assets of Northwater Capital Management.

Not-for-profit organizations Living Cities and Green For All this week launched a new cleantech fund, the Energy Efficiency Opportunity Fund.

The investment vehicle will finance innovative efforts to retrofit homes, businesses and community facilities to achieve greater energy efficiency while also creating jobs and cutting energy costs for low-income families.

After three false starts, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is finally a public company.

Investors sent shares of Swiss fund of hedge funds shop GAM Holding soaring on its first day as an independent company—for a while.

Philip Goldstein is well-known for speaking his mind. But a Massachusetts court has ruled against the Bulldog Investors chief in a free-speech case over who should have access to information about hedge funds.

A former top Citadel Investment Group executive has admitted that he destroyed data on his computer, but denied that he did so to conceal evidence in a lawsuit filed by his former employer.

For the first time in more than a year, the Man Group’s assets under management are rising.

Hedge fund honcho Steven Cohen is feeling generous towards his protégés these days.

Tashua Risk Advisors, a risk management service provider to alternative investment funds, has added fund compliance to its slate of services.